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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Confession Tuesday

Yesterday instead of writing and reading blogs, I spent the day with my 12-year-old daughter. She’s on spring break. We had a good day. And it was a full day, a day of her talking. You know life is a trip when you’re 12.

I signed on for NaPoWriMo, but I don’t have the discipline. I thought about quitting altogether and then I told myself to stick it out. This is my first year and continuing is better than quitting.

I took my final exam required for my job on Sunday. It took a full shift to complete and I’m so glad it’s over. I hate testing. It’s not that I don’t do well rather is the dread of being evaluated and the pressure of knowing I must do well. I did fine.

I’ve been reading a lot. I wish I could say the same about writing. Today is my Sunday. I'll be working at the nonprofit today and work to do at home that I’ve been avoiding for months. My plan is to surf and read today, too. Let’s see how much I get done today.

Selfishly I want to read more of your work here, but I know how precious time with a 12-year old daughter is. Twelve is an age when kids are still usually excited about going places with adults.

NaPoWriMo is an articifial deadline. Your poetry is not going to end or stop, because you have it in you. It's merely biding its time until the right clearing comes. We could all use a Room of One's Own.

At least the milestone of the test is done. I'm right there with you on that one.

I just read your last comment to the others, and I want you to know that you seem VERY together to me. I'm amazed at the depth of your thought process, the level of your compassion for others, and your need to write and make a difference in the world.

Daily Quote

"All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. It must be this voice that is telling me to do something, and I am sure it's the same voice that is speaking to everybody on this planet - at least everybody who seems to be concerned about the fate of the world, the fate of this planet." ~Wangari Maathai